Organizational capabilities in e-commerce: An empirical investigation of e-brokerage service providers

E-commerce not only has tremendous potential for growth but also poses unique challenges for both incumbents and new entrants. By examining drivers of firm performance in e-commerce from a capabilities perspective, the authors conceptualize three firm capabilities that are critical for superior firm performance in e-commerce: information technology capability, strategic flexibility, and trust-building capability. The extent and nature of market orientation is conceptualized as a platform for leveraging e-commerce capabilities. The authors test the effects of e-commerce capabilities on performance (e.g., relative profits, sales, return on investment) using data from 122 e-brokerage service providers. The results indicate that information technology capability and strategic flexibility affect performance given the right market orientation. Amit Saini (asaini2@unl.edu) is an assistant professor of marketing at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He conducts research in the area of marketing strategy, technology-marketing interface, e-commerce strategy, and customer relationship management. He has presented papers at major conferences, and his research appears in theJournal of the Academy of Marketing Science and American Marketing Association—Marketing Educator’s Conference Proceedings. His industry experience includes sales management and quantitative market research. Jean L. Johnson (Johnsonjl@wsu.edu) is a professor of marketing at Washington State University. Her research includes partnering capabilities development in, and management of, interfirm relationships and management of international strategic alliances. Her research appears in journals such as theJournal of Marketing, the Journal of International Business Studies, theJournal of the Academy of Marketing Science, and theInternational Journal of Research in Marketing. She serves on the editorial boards of theJournal of Marketing, theJournal of the Academy of Marketing Science, the Journal of Retailing, theJournal of Business and Industrial Marketing, and reviews for others. She spent several years in the advertising industry and has lived, taught, and conducted research in France and Japan. She has been selected to cochair the 2006 winter American Marketing Association (AMA) conference.     

The effect of management commitment to service quality on employees’ affective and performance outcomes

A service recovery performance model is proposed and tested with data from frontline bank employees in Turkey. The model is derived from Bagozzi's (1992) reformulation of attitude theory. The empirical results suggest that top management commitment to service quality, as manifested by frontline employees' appraisal of training, empowerment, and rewards, has a significant effect on their perceptions of service recovery performance. The influence of management commitment to service quality on service recovery performance is mediated by frontline employees' affective commitment to their organization and job satisfaction. Implications of the results and further research avenues are discussed. Emin Babakus (ebabakus@ memphis.edu) (Ph.D., University of Alabama, 1985) is a professor of marketing at the University of Memphis. In addition to theJournal of the Academy of Marketing Science, his research has been published in such journals as theJournal of Marketing Research, theInternational Journal of Research in Marketing, theJournal of Retailing, theJournal of Business Research, and theJournal of Advertising Research. He serves on the editorial review boards of several journals. Ugur Yavas (raxyavas@mail.etsu.edu) (Ph.D., Georgia State University, 1976) is a professor of marketing at East Tennessee State University. Besides theJournal of the Academy of Marketing Science, he has contributed to such journals as theJournal of Marketing Research, theJournal of Business Research, theInternational Journal of Research in Marketing, theEuropean Journal of Marketing, International Marketing Review, theJournal of International Marketing, Management International Review, theJournal of the Market Research Society, theInternational Journal of Service Industry Management, andLong Range Planning. He currently serves as the editor of theJournal of Asia-Pacific Business. Osman M. Karatepe (osman.karatepe@emu.edu.tr) (Ph.D., Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 2002) is an assistant professor of marketing at Eastern Mediterranean University (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus). He has contributed to such journals as theJournal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing, The Service Industries Journal, Tourism Analysis, theInternational Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration, andAnatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research. He currently serves as the associate editor of theEMU Journal of Tourism Research. Turgay Avci (turgay.avci@emu.edu.tr) (Ph.D., Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey, 1995) is an assistant professor of management at Eastern Mediterranean University (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus). He has contributed to such journals asThe Service Industries Journal, theJournal of Hospitality and Leisure Marketing, Tourism Analysis, theInternational Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration, andAnatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research. He currently serves as the editor-in-chief of theEMU Journal of Tourism Research.     

我国银行业的市场结构与竞争行为

本文运用产业组织理论对我国银行业的结构、行为与市场绩效进行分析 ,认为目前我国银行业的市场结构具有较为明显的寡头垄断特征 ,国有产权占绝对垄断地位。国有银行的垄断来自传统惯性、行业进入管制与较高的退出壁垒。从行业集中度指标判断 ,我国银行业现存的产业化进程迟滞、行业规模不经济、国有商业银行盈利能力下降等因素制约着整个银行业市场绩效的提高。一旦政策性进入壁垒放开 ,高效的进入者将对原行业成员构成强有力的竞争威胁。同时 ,法律规制不力、信用低下、信息不对称、激励约束机制不健全等制度框架 ,导致银行业市场竞争不足、市场行为异化。要解决上述诸多问题需要各方的共同努力。     

经营者人力资本:企业治理中的核心资本

经营者人力资本是企业人力资本中高价值的人力资本。经营者人力资本能提升企业核心能力，优化企业所有权安排，是企业治理的核心资本。经营者人力资本、经营者人力资本产权、经营者人力资本价值与企业所有权安排对企业绩效的作用是直接且重要的，因此，在企业治理中，要合理配置经营者人力资本，使企业激励机制的设计更加有效。     

FDI对中国经济发展的绩效及对策分析

改革开放以来,中国FDI流入量不断提高,对经济发展的作用也日益重要。今后,应当根据全球FDI流动的新趋势,加快我国吸收外FDI方式创新。     

政府业绩计量和报告：一个受托责任观点

受托责任要求政府对公民负责，说明公共资金的筹集和使用。这要求政府对外披露业绩信息以评价其受托责任，对内提供业绩信息以改进决策。本文探讨了受托责任的内涵及其与业绩报告的关系，分析如何计量和报告业绩，并根据我国的实际情况提出了改进我国政府业绩计量和报告的建议。     

制度在经济绩效中的作用

中央计划经济的绩效与市场经济的绩效有显著性的差异，产权和资源配置方式的差异是决定不同经济体系经济绩效差异最为重要的因素。制度是经济体中经济个体博弈的基本规则。市场经济比中央计划经济提供了更强的激励．从而更有效地减轻了道德风险带来的效率损失，所以从消费者福利来看，市场经济比中央计划经济更有效。在一定的条件下，无论是从产出还是从消费者的福利来看，市场经济都比中央计划经济更有效率。     

试论循环经济价值链及其运行

企业必须按照自然生态体系，将经济活动高效有序地组织成一个循环经济模式，实现以最小的资源消耗，最小的污染获取最大的发展效益。循环经济的正常运行，必须有价值链的支持，因此，循环型产业的价值形成机制是循环经济持续发展的关键。企业是实施循环经济的最终策动力和执行主体。因此，循环经济特别是循环经济价值链能否形成已成为企业持续发展的重要因素。     

国有公司财务监督问题研究

现行的国有公司财务监督中缺少真正代表国有资本所有者行使监督职权的机构和人员，董事会、监事会和财务人员管理体制的缺陷以及外部审计监督的不力使得国有公司经营管理者有机会违规获取个人利益，结果必然导致国有资产流失。应考虑建立国有公司出资者监督代表的再监督制度和对财务监督人员的激励约束制度，推行国有公司年报审计的公开招标制。     

“一带一路”倡议下我国重点省市物流绩效评价研究

物流建设是“一带一路”倡议发展的重点。通过物流设施建设、拓展物流业发展的新方向,促进地区融合、加强多边贸易、加速互联互通,是我国现行经济格局下“一带一路”重点建设省市物流发展的新走向。文章从政府行为、社会效益、服务水平三个维度构建了包含地区经济、物流政策、数字物流等14个指标的物流绩效评价指标体系,利用数据包络法对我国“一带一路”重点建设省市的物流绩效进行评价,发现我国物流业发展存在地区差异大、服务水平过低的现象。结合地方政府的政策解读,发现我国地区物流绩效水平呈现出一定的政策相关性,可通过合理的政策引导促进地区物流业的发展。